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understate v.轻描淡写地说；少说 (1) 对问题严重性的轻描淡写是错误的。(2) 工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。(3) 她出于道德上的动机,不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。 If you don't want your grandmother to worry about you, you might be tempted to understate, or downplay, the trouble you've had finding a new job. Business owners might understate their financial problems when they're applying for a bank loan, and a new student might understate her experience speaking French so as not to embarrass her inept French teacher.

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英 [ˌʌndə'steɪt] 美 [ˌʌndər'steɪt] (1) It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.(2) Factory managers understate their potential output.(3) She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes. One way to think about the verb understate is as the opposite of "exaggerate." If you want to make something seem smaller or less important than it really is, you're likely to understate it. 1[VERB 动词]不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说 If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.   [V n]The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。That understates my commitment to the orchestra.那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

英语单词	understate
英美音标	英 [ˌʌndə'steɪt] 美 [ˌʌndər'steɪt]
中文释义	v.轻描淡写地说；少说
英语例句	(1) It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem. (2) Factory managers understate their potential output. (3) She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.
中文例句	(1) 对问题严重性的轻描淡写是错误的。 (2) 工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。 (3) 她出于道德上的动机,不愿为了少纳税而少报收入。
vocabulary简明	One way to think about the verb understate is as the opposite of "exaggerate." If you want to make something seem smaller or less important than it really is, you're likely to understate it.
vocabulary扩展	If you don't want your grandmother to worry about you, you might be tempted to understate, or downplay, the trouble you've had finding a new job. Business owners might understate their financial problems when they're applying for a bank loan, and a new student might understate her experience speaking French so as not to embarrass her inept French teacher.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]不充分如实地陈述；对…轻描淡写；打折扣地说 If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. [V n] The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices... 政府故意对物价上涨轻描淡写。 That understates my commitment to the orchestra. 那没有充分表达我对管弦乐队的热爱。

Understate Important French 英 ˌʌndə'Steɪt] 美 ˌʌndər'steɪt V.轻描淡写地说；少说 Mistake